Pope Pius XI, born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was pope from 1922 to 1939. He recognized Vatican City as an independent state through a treaty with Italian leader Mussolini. Pius XI issued numerous influential encyclicals and recorded a high number of concordats, or agreements between the papacy and national governments on religious matters. He also canonized important saints during his papacy.
Pope Pius XI, born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was pope from 1922 to 1939. He recognized Vatican City as an independent state through a treaty with Italian leader Mussolini. Pius XI issued numerous influential encyclicals and recorded a high number of concordats, or agreements between the papacy and national governments on religious matters. He also canonized important saints during his papacy.
Pope Pius XI, born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was pope from 1922 to 1939. He recognized Vatican City as an independent state through a treaty with Italian leader Mussolini. Pius XI issued numerous influential encyclicals and recorded a high number of concordats, or agreements between the papacy and national governments on religious matters. He also canonized important saints during his papacy.
questions… • What is /are his contribution in the Church? • What is he as a Pope? POPE PIUS XI
• Birth Place: Desio, Italy
• Birth Date: May 31, 1857 • Was: Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti -a pope who assigned treaty with Mussolini recognized the Vatican as an Independent State. • Papacy began: February 6, 1922 • Died: February 10, 1939 POPE PIUS XI
Issued numerous encycials such as:
1.Quadragesimo 2.Quas primas 3.Rerum novarum 4.Studiorum ducem POPE PIUS XI
Recorded number of concordats or
“an official agreement, especially a formal contract between the pope and a national government concerning the religious affairs of a country” Examples: “Reichskonkonkordat” with Nazi Germany
Named “Doctor of the Church” due to his powerful writings
POPE PIUS XI
Canonized important saints including…
1. Thomas More 2. Peter Canisius 3. Bernadette of Lourdes 4. Don Bosco Questions? Test…